Julian Opie is a contemporary British artist, who uses computerised imagery.

His work involves the reduction of photographs (or short films) into figurative reproductions (created using computer software). In his portraiture, the human face is characterised by black outlines with flat areas of colour, and minimalised detail, to the extent that an eye can become just the black circle of the pupil, and sometimes a head is represented by a circle with a space where the neck would be. Opie uses computers in art for other works. His Imagine you are... series, demonstrated how activities such as driving, walking and climbing could be represented by simple reductions. In addition, Opie uses sculpture and light installations to present items of everyday life.

"Like nothing else in Tennessee", Serpentine Gallery, London (exh cat) "Whitechapel Open", Whitechapel Art Gallery, London "New Voices, New Works for the British Council Collection", organised by the British Council,Centre de Conférences Albert Borschette, Brussels(tour) (exh cat)